New photos, including a striking technicolor timelapse, show off the newly discovered interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it ...

The Gemini North telescope in Hawaii recently snapped a close-up of the comet that's captured the world’s attention.

Suppose the galaxy’s oldest secrets were readable not in the glare of faraway stars, but in a brief, cold visitor whizzing ...

Interstellar objects are visitors from solar systems beyond our own, and the third ever such object, known as 3I/ATLAS, has ...

Given 3I/ATLAS' highly eccentric orbit, this will be its one and only visit to our solar system, as its trajectory does not loop back around the sun. That's why astronomers around the world are using ...

Using the Gemini North telescope in Hawaii, astronomers have captured an image of comet 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object that ...

This comet, first detected on July 1, 2025, by the ATLAS sky survey system, is providing scientists with a rare glimpse into the chemistry and behavior of objects that formed around other stars.

A team of international astronomers, including a University of Michigan doctoral student, were the first to publish the ...

Using a combination of telescopes, astronomers have characterized the closest supernova linked to a fast X-ray transient. The ...

It's out of this world. Or, more accurately, this solar system.On July 1, astronomers discovered an object near the orbit of ...

The first test images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile showcase thousands of previously unknown asteroids and millions of glittering galaxies.

Two international teams zoned in on a potential answer to a decades-long mystery surrounding ephemeral cosmic X-rays.